Roberta Stoebner Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher
Diet Physical activity Health habits that affect their weight, posture, complexion, hair, and energy levels. Adults can promote safe living habits by explaining good habits, setting examples, and offering chances fro practice
Diet plan for 6 to 8 year old physically active for 60 minutes groups/downloads/results/MyDailyFoodPlan_ 2000_6to8yr.pdf Diet plan for 9 to 17 year old physically active for 60 minutes groups/downloads/results/MyDailyFoodPlan_ 2000_9to17yr.pdf
Avoid junk food (food high in calories, but low in nutrients) because they lead to: obesity tooth decay loss of appetite for eating nourishing food
Minimum of 60 minutes per day Minimize TV, video games, & computer game time
6 & 7 year olds need 10.5 to 11 hours 8 to 9 year olds need 10 to 10.5 hours 10 to 12 year olds need 9.5 to 10 hours
Unable to concentrate which affects learning ability & quality of work More likely to be overweight More irritable More prone to bullying others